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Castroville Municipal Airport, Texas

Small airport in Medina County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Castroville Municipal Airport

Index 43, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, San Antonio (TX), 23 miles off.

43Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good-
  • Ozone43Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Castroville Municipal Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Castroville Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
CVB
ICAO
KCVB
IATA
-
Field elevation
771 ft
Serves
Castroville
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
CVB
Wind now
From 100° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
16 / 345,001 ft75 ftAsphalt170° / 350°2 mph head, on 165 mph from the left
16342,500 ftN100° 5 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Castroville (CVB), Castroville Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

81 F at 10 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 75 F at its coolest, 7 AM.

Now
81F
10 PM
Highest
91F
3 PM
Lowest
75F
7 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Castroville, temperature from 75.2 to 91.4, the latest 80.6; dew point from 58.4 to 73.4, the latest 62.6, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF5060708090100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 63 F, the air 54% saturated; the humidity ran from 33% at 4 PM to 91% at 6 AM.

Dew point now
63F
10 PM
Humidity now
54%
Humidity, range
33 to 91%
Relative humidity at Castroville, relative humidity from 33 to 91, the latest 54, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%20406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

5 mph from the east at 10 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 11 PM Wednesday, with a gust of 23 mph at 11 PM Wednesday.

Now
5mph
from the east
Strongest
13mph
11 PM Wednesday
Highest gust
23mph
11 PM Wednesday
Wind and Gust at Castroville, wind from 3 to 13, the latest 5; gust from 16 to 23, the latest 16, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Castroville, wind direction from 60 to 200, the latest 100, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.02 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.02inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.07inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.06inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Castroville, pressure, altimeter from 29.93 to 30.04, the latest 30.02, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9029.9530.0030.05Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 8 miles at 5 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
8mi
5 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Castroville, visibility from 8.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 1,300 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.

Lowest base now
6,000ft
Lowest in 24 hours
1,300ft
5 AM
Hours with a base reported
18
Lowest cloud base at Castroville, lowest cloud base from 1,300 to 6,500, the latest 6,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0008,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Wettest hour
-
Hours with some
0

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Castroville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Castroville Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

CastrovilleCVB

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/771 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Pearsall RAWSPSAT2

A remote fire weather station/35.2 mi away/596 ft/175 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Castroville 0.8 NETX-MDN-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/800 ft/29 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

PoteetPOTT2

At a cooperative observer's station/26.5 mi away/463 ft/308 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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